(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (同)contagion, transmission
a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"
(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance" (同)computer virus
PrepTutorEJDIC
〈U〉(病気の)伝染;感染 / 〈C〉伝染病
ビールス,ろ過性病原体
English Journal
[Varicella-zoster virus infection of the central nervous system].
Journal of clinical microbiology.J Clin Microbiol.2014 Jul;52(7):2718-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00379-14. Epub 2014 May 7.
We describe an immunodeficient adult with Ogilvie's syndrome preceding a disseminated papulovesicular skin rash in whom varicella-zoster virus infection was demonstrated by PCR assay in cutaneous and colonic biopsy specimens. In view of the significant morbidity and mortality that this condition car
Testing the sensitivities of noncognate inhibitors to varicella zoster virus thymidine kinase: implications for postherpetic neuralgia therapy with existing agents.
Yang L1, Mo X, Yang H, Dai H, Tan F.
Journal of molecular modeling.J Mol Model.2014 Jul;20(7):2321. doi: 10.1007/s00894-014-2321-6. Epub 2014 Jun 25.
Varicella zoster virus (VZV), a member of the human herpesvirus family, affects peripheral or cranial nerves and can reactivate years after the primary infection. Thymidine kinase (TK) is essential for VZV replication, and its active site is highly conserved in the herpesvirus family. A number of sm
Varicella zoster virus myelopathy Two clinical presentations of VZV myelitis predominate. The first is a self-limiting, monophasic spastic paraparesis, with or without sensory features and sphincter problems. This so-called ...